Keynote Speaker: Étienne Balibar, Université de Paris X - Nanterre
with noted international scholars:
- Yves Citton, Université Stendhal - Grenoble
- Antonella Corsani, Université de Paris I - Pantheon-Sorbonne
- Todd May, Clemson University
- James Swenson, Rutgers University
- Philip Watts, Columbia University